Combined manger and trough



-April 20 1926.

J. M. PARKER COMBINED MANGER AND THOUGH Filed Dec. 19 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 1 I l H I H l l' ll v IL I I l l 1 4 pm I .4, HI,

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1,581,237 J. M- PARKER COMBINED MANGER AND TROUGH Filed Dec. 19, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 o //Z-6 Eff 1 M flkfi HIP luv/major Attorney Patented Apr. 20, 192.6.

JOHN M; PARKER; or GOODMAN, I ssounI.

eomnmnn mmena AND. TRoUGH.

Application-filed. December. 19, 1925. Serial No. 76,482;

T b all whom it may concern/.1

Be ltkllWI15,tllEL-tfI, Jl)HN- ME PARKnR;.acitizen. of the. United States residing at: Goodman, in. the. county ot McDonald. and. State ofiMissouri' have. inventedcertainnew and useful Improvements in. a. Oomblnedl- Manger and Trough, of which. the. followingis a-specification... I The. present invention relates to improve-z ments in animalfeeding devices, and i'smore: particularly adaptedv tov a combined manger and feed trough One ofithe. important objects -:0f the pres:- ent invention. is to, provide a. mangeriandl. trough. construction wherein; the. latter may he. readily moved into: an operative or in-.- operative. position. Wltlll respect to the. manger:- Aturtherohjectlistaprovide adevice of the. ahove. mentioned: character wherein. means. isprovided for. supporting the hinged feed trough in. a horizontal position when. the samehas heen;swung.inwardly into the manger. Additional? means is..also. provided for. securing, the. feed; trough: iIn its. inoperative. position so that. the. animals. may obtain. ready access: to: the hay. within-f the manger. v Arturtherob-ject is towprovideadeviceof the above. mentioned character which. is simple in. construction, inexpensive, strongand durable. and; further. well adapted to. the. purpose.- for which itais. designed.

Other. objects and advantages of the. in, vention. wilL become apparent during the course. of the following: description. taken in. connection with; the. accompanying draw- 1ngs.. I

' In. the. accompanying; drawings. forming a part o fithis; application andlin: which: like numerals designate like; parts throughout the same:

Figure. 1 i's.-.a.. rear elevation of the de- 7 5 is. a top plan View thereof, 1 Figure. 6.

is a. vertical sectional view Vice showlngthefeedtrough initsoperative through. the manger, and the feed; trough, withthe sition'.

In; the drawing.

wherein for the purpose of. illustration is shownthepreferred embod ment of my: invention, the. numeral. 1-

designates generally the manger, the same comprisingthe: front wall. 2, the rear' wall 3,.and the end walls 4:. The rear wall 1 isof' relatively short. height as. is clearly illustrated in. the. several figures of the drawings, andthe purpose thereot will hereinatter be more fully described.

The. front wan is provided w1th 1y Thesepivotedstanchions cooperate with.

the. adjacent side. edges. ot the openings formed in thefront wall of the manger in holding. the head. ofL the animal within the mangerrinthe manner well. knownuin the art. Securedzto the. inner side of the rearwall 3. of the manger. 1 are a pair of'braclrets-12,

the same beingrarranged adjacent there- I spectlveends: of. themangen- Each of. the

bracketshasitsupper end. bifurcated as illustrated at l3. and pivotally secured at its outer end. in. each. of. the bifurcated: upper ends ot the respective brackets is the arm.

14,. the; pivotal' connection therefor being illustrated at.15..

i A. feed trough designated generally by the. numeral. 16 and being. dividedz-into a number of compartments through. the meacross these arms. and beingv secured. thereto; in. any. suitable manner so as to swing with-the arms to. an: operative or inoperative positionin the manner'tobe presentlyv de ings,- the free ends. of the arms extend beyond the adjacent side of the feed trough.

Anapron 18 extends upwardly at an inclinefrom the rear side of the trough 16,

latter being in its inoperativepo- V a vertical? extendmgiaceor opening 5.. and adapted dium of the transverse partitions, 17 extends scribed. As. is clearly shown. inthedraw and thislapron is attached to afpair of" arms such as are shown at 19, the latter being hingedly secured to suitable brackets attached to the rear side of the trough, indi cated by the numeral 20, the pivotal connection being shown at 21. A pair of leg members 22 are pivotally secured to the outer ends of the arms 19, and the lower end of each of the leg members is bifurcated so as to be removably disposed over the pins 23 which extend transversely in suitable notches 2% provided in the upper edge of the rear wall 3 of the manger 1.

Vhen the leg members 22 are disposed in the position shown in Figure 3 of the drawings, the apron 18 will be supported at its properly inclined position with respect to the rear side of the feed trough 16 so that the waste of the feed will be prevented.

For the purpose of supporting the feed trough in a horizontal position when the same is swung inwardly into the manger so that the animals may obtain the food or water within the trough, there is provided on the inner side of the front wall 2 of the manger a stop or shoulder 25, and the forward free ends of the arms 14 which carry the trough rest on the respective shoulders or stops.

When the trough is disposed in a horizontal position within the manger 1, access to the hay or other loose feed placed in the manger cannot be obtained by the animals whose heads extend into the manger through the front wall thereof. In order to permit the animals to obtain the material in the bottom of the manger, the leg members 22 are raised upwardly so as to become disengaged from the pins 23, and then the arms 14 carrying the trough 16 are swung upwardly on the pivots 15, the notches 24: permitting the brackets 20 to extend therethrough in order that the rear side of the trough will rest on the upper edge of the rear wall 3 of the manger in the manner as clearly shown in Figure 6. For the purpose of holding the trough in its raise-d inoperative position so as to be clear of the inside of the manger, I provide a pair of looped members 26, the same being pivotally supported on the upper ends of the posts 27 formed at the upper rear corners of the respective ends of the manger 1. These posts 27 are formed by cutting away the upper rear portions of the end walls 4: of the manger 1 as at 28 with reference more particularly to Figure 6. The free ends of the looped members 26 are adapted to swing over and engage the free ends of the pivoted arms l-t when the latter are disposed in a vertical plane, thus locking the arms and the trough carried thereby against swinging movement in either direction.

The provision of a combined manger and feeding trough construction of the above mentioned character enables either of the devices to be used for feeding purposes, and

furthermore the trough may be readily and easily moved to an operative 0r inoperative position as may be desired. 7

By also arranging the trough on the rear wall of the manger in the manner as heretofore described, the manger may be easily cleaned when the trough is disposed in an upright inoperative position. Also, the provision of the apron at the rear side of the trough will prevent other waste of the feed when the trough is in an operative position.

While I have shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that minor changes in the size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to. secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination, a manger including front, rear, and end walls, the front wall being provided with openings through which the heads of the animals extend, stanchions cooperating with the openings, the rear wall being of a shorter height than the. front wall, a feed trough, a pair of arms secured to the under side of the trough, the rear ends of the arms being pivotally associated with the inner side of the rear wall of the manger, the forward ends of the arms projecting beyond the forward. side of the trough, and stops arranged on the inner side of the front wall of the manger, and cooperating with the forward ends of said arms for supporting the trough in a horizontal position when the latter is swung inwardly in the manger. V

' 2. In combination, a manger including front, rear, and end walls, the front wall being provided with openings through which the heads of the animals extend, stanchions cooperating with the openings, the rear wall being of a shorter height than the front wall, a feed trough, a pair of arms secured to the under side of the trough, the rear ends of the arms being pivotally associated with the inner side of the rear wall of the manger, the forward ends of the arms projecting beyond the forward side of the trough, and stops arranged on the inner side of the front wall of the manger, cooperating'with the forward ends of said arms for supporting the trough in a horizontal position when the latter is swung inwardly in the manger, said trough adapted to be swung upwardly to an inoperative position when the rear side of the trough engages the upper edge of the rear wall of the manger, and means for holding the trough in its vertical inoperative position.

3. In combination, a manger including front, rear, and end walls, the front wall being provided with openings through which 15 the manger, said trough adapted to be swung the heads of the animals extend, stanchions cooperating with the openings, the rear wall being of a shorter height than the front wall, a feed trough, a pair of arms secured to the under side of the trough, the rear ends of the arms being pivotally associated with the inner side of the rear wall of the manger, the forward ends of the arms projecting beyond the forward side of the trough, and stops arranged onthe inner side of the front wall of the manger, cooperating with the forward ends of said arms for supporting the trough in a horizontal position when the latter is swung inwardly in upwardly to an inoperative position when the rear side ofithe trough engages the upper edge of therear wall of the manger, means for holding the trough in the vertical inoperative position, said last mentioned means comprising a pair of pivoted looped members associated with the upper rear portions of the respective end walls of the manger, and adapted to extend over the forward free ends of the arms when the latter are disposed in a vertical position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. I

JOHN M. PARKER. 

